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Focus Group onSmart Sustainable Cities
Daniela TorresCoordinator, Working Group 4, Focus Group on Smart Sustainable
Cities (FG-SSC)
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Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities (FG SSC)
As an open platform for smart-city stakeholders to exchange knowledge in the interests of identifying the standardized frameworks needed to support the integration of ICT services in smart cities.
Participation is open to all.
Established at ITU-T Study Group 5 meeting in Geneva in February 2013.
Mandate: Extented to May 2015.
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Management Team
Chairman: Silvia Guzman, Telefónica
Vice-chairmen: Flavio Cucchietti, Telecom Italia Pablo Bilbao, Federation Argentina de Municipios, Argentina Franz Zichy, USA Nasser Saleh Al Marzouqi, UAE Ziqin Sang, Fiberhome Technologies Group Sekhar Kondepudi, National University of Singapore
Secretariat: Cristina Bueti, Adviser, ITU
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Terms of Reference:Main Tasks and Deliverables
Main tasks and deliverables:
Defining the role of ICTs in environmentally sustainable smart cities, and identifying the ICT systems necessary to their development;
Identifying or developing a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to gauge the success of smart-city ICT deployments;
Establishing relationships and liaison mechanisms with other bodies engaged in smart-city studies and development;
Identifying future smart-city standardization projects to be undertaken by its parent group, ITU-T Study Group 5;
Developing a roadmap for the ICT sector’s contribution to Smart Sustainable Cities, providing cohesion to the development and application of technologies and standards.
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Terms of Reference:Relationships
Collaboration with:
Within SG5: Q7, Q13, Q14, Q15, Q16, Q17, Q18, and Q19, etc.; All ITU-T Study Groups, especially SG 11, SG13, SG15, SG 16,
and SG17; Other international, regional and national SDOs, such as
ISO, IEC, IEEE, CEN/CENELEC, ETSI, etc.; Relevant entities including: municipalities, federation of
municipalities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), policy makers, industry forums and consortia, companies, academic institutions, research institutions, etc.
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Past Meetings
1st meeting: Turin,8 May 2013,
(Telecom Italia)>50 participants
2nd meeting: Madrid, 17 Sept 2013,
(Telefonica)>50 participants
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Past Meetings
3rd meeting: Lima, 6 Dec 2013,(Gov. of Peru)
>60 participants
4th meeting: Geneva,5-6 March 2014,
(ITU)>30 participants
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Meeting ResultsTurin,8 May 2013
Establishment of FG SSC structure and deliverables, 4 working groups created; Liaison statements sent to other bodies engaged in smart-city studies and
development, such as ISO, IEC, IEEE, ETSI, EC DG Connect, UNECE, UNU, StEP, CEDARE, UNESCO, UN-Habitat, WMO, UNHCR, UNEP and UNFCCC.
Madrid,17 Sep 2013
Three main documents under development:1. Draft definition of Smart Sustainable Cities,2. Draft of Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities, 3. Draft Stakeholders’ Map and City Engagement Plan;
Liaison statements sent to other bodies engaged in smart-city studies and development.
Lima,6 Dec 2013
Creation of 6 technical groups within WG2 and appointment of the respective leaders;
Progress on the three main documents under development; Extension of the FG SSC mandate; Liaison statements sent to other bodies engaged in smart-city studies and
development.
Geneva,5-6 Mar 2014
Agreement on definition of SSC 14 Technical reports are being developed A Roadmap for SSC (including technical specifications) will be presented in
June 2014
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Working Groups
1. ICT role & roadmap for
Smart Sustainable Cities (SSC)
2. Smart Sustainable Cities Infrastructure
3. Standardization gaps, KPIs and
metrics
4. Policy & positioning (communications, liaisons and members)
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11. ICT role & roadmap for
Smart Sustainable Cities (SSC)
WG1 coordinator: Sekhar Kondepudi (National University of Singapore)
Plan and deliverables: Technical Report on Overview of SSC and the role of
ICT; Technical Report on Definitions and Attributes of a
Smart Sustainable City; Roadmap for Smart Sustainable Cities.
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TR1/WG1 Technical Report on Overview of SSC and the Role of ICT
Highlights Seek to provide information on the form and purpose of a smart sustainable city and the role of ICTs in its development.
Important dates
Approval to be sought at the FG SSC meeting: September 2014
Hyperlink http://ifa.itu.int/t/fg/ssc/docs/draft_deliverables/
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TR2/WG1 Technical Report on Definitions and Attributes of a Smart Sustainable City
Highlights Analysis of different definitions of Smart Sustainable Cities;
sourced over 100 definitions and descriptors for Smart Sustainable Cities from academia, government, corporations, non-profits, SDOs etc;
detailed analysis of different key words and attributes.
Important dates
Approval to be sought at the FG SSC meeting: September 2014
Hyperlink http://ifa.itu.int/t/fg/ssc/docs/draft_deliverables/
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TR3/WG1 Roadmap for Smart Sustainable Cities
Highlights Definition has been preliminarily approved and is open for comments;
Include the definition and the Technical Specifications for a Smart Sustainable City definition, attributes and a vision for SSC.
Important dates
The new document will be presented at the next FG SSC meeting: 19-20 June 2014
Definition A smart sustainable city uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) to provide enhanced quality of life to its citizens, improved efficiency of services and sustainable development. Such a city meets the needs of today without sacrificing the needs of future generations with respect to economic, social and environmental aspects.
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TR3/WG1 Roadmap for Smart Sustainable Cities (draft proposal)
How can cities become smarter & sustainable?
6 STEPS1. Decision-making
based on governance & leadership
2. ICT Infrastructure & Platforms
3. SSC services identification
4. SSC KPIs5. SSC accountability
and responsibility6. Citizen
engagement & transformation
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22. Smart
Sustainable Cities Infrastructure
WG2 coordinator: Paolo Gemma (Huawei)
Plan and deliverables: Providing an overview of the use of ICT in cities; Looking at future trends; Identifying standardization’s need; 7 technical reports under development.
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Smart Buildings
Smart Infrastructure
Smart Water management
Security and Resilience
EMF considerations
Climate Change
Adaptation
Integrated Management
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TR1/WG2 Technical Report on Smart Water Management for Smart Sustainable Cities
Highlights Smart Water Management (SWM) in cities seeks to alleviate challenges in the urban water management and water sector through the incorporation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) products, solution and systems in areas of water management and sanitation.
Important dates
Approval to be sought at the next FG SSC meeting: 18 September 2014
Hyperlink http://ifa.itu.int/t/fg/ssc/docs/draft_deliverables/
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TR2/WG2 Technical Report on ICT Infrastructure for Climate Change
Adaptation in citiesHighlights Describes in general terms the impacts of climate
change in cities and highlights the reasons for cities to improve their capacity to respond to the challenges posed by climate change.
Further expands by identifying the role of ICTs in helping cities to adapt to climate change.
Important dates
Approval to be sought at the FG SSC meeting: September 2014
Hyperlink http://ifa.itu.int/t/fg/ssc/docs/draft_deliverables/
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TR3/WG2 Technical Report on Cyber-Security, Data Protection &
Cyber-Resilience in Smart Sustainable Cities
Highlights Explores the requirements and challenges of creating a secure, reliable and resilient smart city.
Considers how to provide innovative, resilient ‘smart’ solutions that leverage digital information while protecting against malicious violations, unintentional damage and natural disasters.
Important dates
Approval to be sought at the next FG SSC meeting: 18 September 2014
Hyperlink http://ifa.itu.int/t/fg/ssc/docs/draft_deliverables/
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TR4/WG2 Technical Report on Smart Sustainable Cities Infrastructure
Important dates
Approval to be sought at the FG SSC meeting: 18 September 2014
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TR5/WG2 Technical Report on Smart Sustainable Buildings for SSC
Highlights Defines a smart / intelligent building in the context of Smart Sustainable Cities.
Survey of current initiatives around building resiliency.
Outline of potential resiliency protocol.
Important dates
Approval to be sought at the FG SSC meeting: 18 September 2014
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TR6/WG2 Technical report on EMF considerations in SSC
Highlights Introduction to SSC and importance of ICT’s and EMF considerations.
Based on existing ITU and WHO technical and policy recommendations.
Technical and policy requirements for EMF should be adopted nationally based on international recommendations.
Cities need guidance on implementation that promotes efficient deployment.
Provides a model framework as benchmark
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TR7/WG2 Technical report on Integrated management for SSC
Highlights Access and integration of city information resources.
Network Service of the model of city analysis and decision-making.
Typical Applications of Comprehensive Management and Smart Decision-making.
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Approval to be sought at the FG SSC meeting: 18 September 2014
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3. Standardization gaps, KPIs and
metrics
WG3 coordinator: Ziqin Sang (Fiberhome Technologies Group)
Plan and deliverables: Technical Report on Standardization
Activities and Gaps for SSC and suggestions to SG5
Technical Report on KPIs definition for smart sustainable cities
Technical Report on KPIs metrics evaluation
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TR1/WG3 Technical Report on Standardization Activities and Gaps for SSC
and suggestions to SG5
Approval to be sought at the FG SSC meeting: 18 September 2014
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TR2/WG3 and TR3/WG3 on Key Performance Indicators for SSC
Proposed dimensions under study:
Infrastructure Energy, natural resources and environment Economy and innovation Governance and public service Humanity and society Inhabitant happiness index.
Taking into considerations other works on KPIs of SSC from, inter alia:
China Institute of Communications, Smart city white paper (2012)
China, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD), Index system of pilot Smart City
European smart cities, Ranking of European medium-sized cities (2007)
ISO/TC268/SC1 ― Smart Community Infrastructures; Spain, IDC smart cities Index (2011) United States of America, Smart city wheel Japan, KPIs of SSC (2013).
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TR2/WG3 and TR3/WG3 on Key Performance Indicators for SSC
Highlights Two documents called “Technical Report on KPIs definitions for SSC” and “Technical Report on KPIs metrics evaluation”.
Assess how the use of ICTs has an impact on the sustainability of cities.
Important dates
Approval to be sought at the next FG SSC meeting: 18 September 2014.
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44. Policy & positioning
(communications, liaisons and
members)
WG4 coordinator: Daniela Torres (Telefónica)
Plan and deliverables: Stakeholders Map including
standardization bodies & non-standardization bodies
City Engagement Plan based on technical contributions of the Working Groups
Focus Group Communications
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TR1/WG4 Technical Report on Smart Sustainable Cities Stakeholders
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4 Highlights Overview of Smart Sustainable Cities. Sustainability Challenges of Stakeholders in
Cities. Stakeholder Identification & Roles. Recommendations to SSC Stakeholders to drive
SSC.
Important dates
Approval to be sought at the next FG SSC meeting: 18 September 2014
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Moving forward onSmart Sustainable Cities…
Forum on "The city we want: smart and sustainable"(Genoa, 18 June 2014)
back to back with 5th FG SSC meeting(Genoa, Italy, 19-20 June 2014)
Forum on Smart sustainable Cities(London, 17 September 2014)
back to back with 6th FG SSC meeting(Reading, United Kingdom, 18 September 2014)
4th ITU Green Standards Week(Beijing, China, 22-26 September 2014)
Including a Forum on “Setting the vision for smart sustainable cities”(24 September 2014)
Join us!
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ConclusionsN
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Need to engage new cities & other key stakeholders (such as academic and research institutes, civil society, NGOs, SDOs, and ICT organizations, industry forums and consortia) to participate and contribute.
Next meeting:Genoa, Italy, 19-20
June 2014
Collaboration and contributions are
welcomed!
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Links & Additional Information
ITU-T and Climate Changeitu.int/ITU-T/climatechange
ITU Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Citiesitu.int/en/ITU-T/focusgroups/ssc/
ITU Symposia & Events on ICTs and Climate Change itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/climatechange
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